Insight Podcast

Insight explores the stories of five women who speak about discovering their partners’ other lives, and how they dealt with that deception.

What happens after reuniting with someone, following a long period of separation?

With international dating sites reporting growing subscriptions each year – along with the rising number of couples meeting and marrying through them – Insight asks: Why do people look for a partner overseas? What happens when they find one? And how do they make it work?

Insight examines why dealing with cancer is different for young people. We ask what it’s like dealing with the physical and emotional scars left by what could have killed you, and does that experience change when you still have so much life left ahead of you?

What is it like having an unplanned child with someone you hardly know? Insight talks to men and women about the decisions they’ve made with - or without - partners they’ve just met. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie.

What is it like having an unplanned child with someone you hardly know? Insight talks to men and women about the decisions they’ve made with - or without - partners they’ve just met. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie.

This week Insight gathers a range of foreign workers, some now Australian citizens, who have experienced exploitation in many different industries. Is anyone being held accountable? And are we all benefiting from these practices? Hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie. (An SBS Production) CC

Why do so many Australians have poor literacy? Around 44 per cent of adult Australians have literacy levels that make everyday tasks - like filling out a form or reading a prescription - very difficult. Our numeracy levels are worse. Insight speaks to a number of Australians from all ages and backgrounds who have lived a life with low literacy in a world that assumes that they don’t exist. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie. (An SBS Production) CC

Who gave a major boost to the minor parties in this election and why? Nearly a quarter of Australians voted away from the major parties. With swings from the Greens to Pauline Hanson, from the Nationals to Nick Xenophon, the Liberal Party to Derryn Hinch, Insight asks recent voters: why have they have come to find solace in minority representatives? Hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie. (An SBS Production) CC

To kick off 2018 Insight looks back at some of the most thought-provoking and challenging conversations from last year’s shows.

This week Insight asks: how much power do our brains have over our bodies? Is that power strong enough for us to think ourselves sick? Hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie. (An SBS Production) CC

In part two of this special two-part series, Insight looks at how athletes transition into retirement. Guests include AFL legend Barry Hall, basketball great Lauren Jackson, and four-time Olympic gold medallist Libby Trickett.

This Insight episode hears from people that are driven to push their body to its limits. And explores the role of the mind, does it control the body’s feelings of fatigue? Can it help push us further in endurance exercise? And, what are the consequences of doing that?

This Insight episode hears from people that are driven to push their body to its limits. And explores the role of the mind, does it control the body’s feelings of fatigue? Can it help push us further in endurance exercise? And, what are the consequences of doing that?

How sick can you get from a tick? Insight talks to people who have contracted tick-borne illnesses and how a simple bite has affected their health. We also hears from patients who have been suffering from unexplainable symptoms and the doctors who are faced with a decision of how to treat them. Hosted by award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie. (An SBS Production) CC